BILL NUMBER: AB 2708	CHAPTERED  06/30/02

	CHAPTER  91
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 30, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 28, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 17, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mountjoy

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Section 35294.6 of the Education Code, relating to
school safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2708, Mountjoy.  School safety plan.
   Existing law requires each school to adopt a comprehensive school
safety plan by March 1, 2000, and to review and update its plan by
March 1, every year thereafter.
   This bill would specify that a new school campus that begins
offering classes to pupils after March 1, 2001, must comply with
these requirements.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 35294.6 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   35294.6.  (a) Each school shall adopt its comprehensive school
safety plan by March 1, 2000, and shall review and update its plan by
March 1, every year thereafter.  A new school campus that begins
offering classes to pupils after March 1, 2001, shall adopt a
comprehensive school safety plan within one year of initiating
operation, and shall review and update its plan by March 1, every
year thereafter.
   (b) Commencing in July 2000, and every July thereafter, each
school shall report on the status of its school safety plan,
including a description of its key elements in the annual school
accountability report card prepared pursuant to Sections 33126 and
35256.